I am still pre-op, but when I make my protein shakes mixed with ice, it is really a large amount. Will my new pouch hold an entire protein shake?

You will still be able to drink a while shake you just need to drink it slowly.

I haven't had any issues.

I am 15 days post op today and mine held a protein shake each day. :-)

I cannot....I can only do about half right now....

i can easily do a whole shake...no problems here. i'm beginning to wonder if they really put a band in me or if i'm some odd mental test subject to see if "thinking" you have a band will work just as well as having the band. hmmmm....

i was banded a week a go and was only able to take in 1 or 2 oz. at a time..now i can do my whole protien shake..i thought something was wrong ..this is o.k.?

right now if I were to do a whole shake I'd feel miserable and my stomache would be pokin' out alot....at first I couldn't do a sugar free popcicle without any discomfort....took up a whole meal too....no protein....now I can eat one and do a little bit of protein shake too....this morning I ate a sugar free jello snack with some beneprotein in it....still full from it.

My doctor said no Ice in protein shake after surgery. I was able to drink the whole shake slowly. After the swelling went down I could drink it faster but I tried to make it last because I was told that was what I should do.

I don't have an issue with the shake staying in my pouch. I do have to drink it a bit more slowly. I drink slim fast low carb shakes. A shake is not going to stay in your pouch for very long, I don't think.

I was banded a week ago, and I have not had any problems with drinking my protein shakes. I though that something was wrong because a discomfort in my chest area that felt like alot of air was stuck. I called the clinic I go to and they said to drink slower with sips. I did as they instructed and it all went away.

I was just banded 3/25 and I dont have trouble with protein shakes. I haven't been putting ice in them though, just skim milk. I do have to drink slower. And with water, I definitely have to drink very small sips and drink slower, or I get that feeling of air in my chest and the need to have a minor belch.

I would think that your stomach would still be the same size the band goes at the top of your stomach right under your esophgus to slow your eating down, that will allow the food to pass into your stomach slower. Now liquid i would assume would go down normal just as everyone said just as long as you are sipping slow but your stomach is not sectioned off or anything that would cause u to have another pouch or anything..

I found that for the first week (I guess when there was a lot of stomach swelling in the band area) that it took me about an hour to drink a protein shake. Now I can manage about 400ml in half an hour. It all really depends on how tight or how swollen the area of your band is.